A 16-year-old girl suffered bites to her foot and ankle after a shark attacked her off of the Florida coast, authorities said.The girl was boogie boarding in the Atlantic Ocean off Amelia Island on Friday when a shark bit her on the back of her foot, according to Sheriff Bill Leeper of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office.She was able to get free and make it up to the pool area of the resort where she was staying. First responders met her there.The girl was transported to a local hospital with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries to her foot, heel and ankle. She also received several stitches, Leeper said.Leeper said although they don't get many shark attacks in the area, this is a good reminder that sharks like to feed in the morning and late afternoon, and caution people to be careful during those times.

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. —

A 16-year-old girl suffered bites to her foot and ankle after a shark attacked her off of the Florida coast, authorities said.

The girl was boogie boarding in the Atlantic Ocean off Amelia Island on Friday when a shark bit her on the back of her foot, according to Sheriff Bill Leeper of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office.

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She was able to get free and make it up to the pool area of the resort where she was staying. First responders met her there.

The girl was transported to a local hospital with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries to her foot, heel and ankle. She also received several stitches, Leeper said.

Leeper said although they don't get many shark attacks in the area, this is a good reminder that sharks like to feed in the morning and late afternoon, and caution people to be careful during those times.